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Wesson-einen? in oAsTjiNosoLosR-WIRE.

Speeiieation iorrning part of Letters'Potont No. lii'2,'5, Listed February 21, 1871.

:To oil whom imoiy Be timownthat l, -EDUARD M LNG, of Portiood, in the county of Cnmberland and State of Maine, have invented a new and useini improved Soldier-*Wire Moohine';,ond I herehjf deelore the followiog'to be a full,

i deseription thereo'f, reference k;ur e .lf is a side elevation9 LFig. 2 is adetaii of the eoiling -reviee and a section of the 'i the wheel B; ond Fig. 3 is a section nates in the nozzle H, Testing onthe' surface oi' the, Wheel The interior of the Wheel G is broken ont, and the rim is eonstrncted in the manner shown at A',Fig. 2. The exterior and onter surface of this is made fiat. The wheel I en the shoft J is rotated hy a bond from the wheel B. 'The shaft J is provided With a friotion-roller rigidly :fixed thereto, in contact with Which is the tub M, "which is pivoted at' its center to' the piuot L. The opposite, side of the tuh may rest upon Va stationary' 1'oller. or truelg,

'lin using the machine the melted solderA is ploced intlie ernoible or pot- G, in whioh itv is held at., the'proper temperature -hy eoals plaeed in the furnace Fl Thesolder fiows ironi the erneihle through the nozzle H, t-he size of the stream being regulated by thel valve N, 'oy Whieh the *flow 'may be out oi or thus 'reguloted The shait A being put in rotation, the solder is formed into wire by the rotation of the Wheel. C, Which is kept at slow temperature, if required, bykeeping;

:olls'of o, frn-tionen and its cover, showthe lower are of the hollow rim filled With a eonstant stream of cold, water. The wire is thus formed with a. .flat surface "on one side,

and-'of a shape to be seen at 0, Fig... 3. VThe Wire passes down over; the Wheel V(J into the tub M, within Which it is 'coiled by thedrevolotion of' the tub, or a shaft, eitherupright or horizontal, -Inayv be substituted' fort-he tub and the Wirelbeeoiled-around-the shaft spirally. v

l am alreodyfthe: grantee of Letters Patent, of the 'United 'States 'for a machine for oasti ing solfler in wire or sticlzs. fThis I do not now eioim.

Wire has heen in some cases formed'hy foroi-ng 'the solder through holes or pnhotures through a metal plate, but not, 'as-I' am a'ware,

upon the Smooth surface of a rotating Wheel,

The flafi wire 'produced-by 'this device is'appli'ed With Igreat,oonvenienoe and economy,

both of time and nnaJteria-Lfto thelsoldering ofcovers and'stnds of cans folythepreservation:

of fruit. When the Wire is-designed for this purpose, it is' coiled sprally upon a shaft or cylinder-of a diameter nearly equal to that of the stud orjcoizer to which it is to beapplied. V'When the'sh'aft isfilled, :i knife is drefwn from end to end of 'the shaft. The rings of solder thus -formed are placed upon -the cans, as shown'in Fig. 3, the fiat edge o'f the Wire being in eontaetLwth the-walls of the can; or. inease of studs, in contaotvwiith the'snnroundingeover. The fiat surface 'of the Wire prevents the wire from' slipping from-place under the pressure ef 'the soldering-iron. The'inferiority of the old method of solderingxcansfwhen compared with this is easily seen; 'In the old methodthe solder,

v in a1 large stick, Washeld in one hand and the 'heated iron in the other, and the ironpressed against'the solderi was :carried around* the kcover orstud. The greatksuperiorityof my vmethod lies in the rapidity' of theoperat-ion,

While the old process entailed Wasteofsold'er,

more frequent heating of the iron, and. a less neat appearance ofthe Cans.

That I olaim as my invention. onddesire to' seoure by Letters Patentof the Unitedtates,

, 1. The improved method of manufacturing 

